Bulletproof (La Roux song)
"Bulletproof" is a song by English synth-pop duo La Roux from their eponymous debut studio album (2009). Written and produced by the duo's members, Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid, the song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2009 and physically the following day as the album's third single.
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| Released | 21 June 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Elfin (Teddington, London) | |||
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| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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"Bulletproof"
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"Bulletproof" was met with both critical and commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It was a sleeper hit in the United States, where it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2010, following televised performances of the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Last Call with Carson Daly. It had been downloaded 2,324,000 times in the US as of September 2012. It also reached within the top 10 of Australia, Austria, Flanders, Ireland, New Zealand and Ukraine. The song was used in a 2022 advertisement for Telfast.
In 2023, Jackson teamed up with Chromeo and released a rework of "Bulletproof", titled "Discoproof", on 25 August. This version of the track had previously been premiered during Chromeo's set at Coachella.